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Your finished picture, redrawn stroke by stroke as a whiteboard clip
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What is Whiteboard Animation Maker?
Whiteboard Animation Maker is an image to video tool. Turns a finished illustration into a sketch-then-colour whiteboard video, with six optional hand styles, adjustable timing, and MP4, WebM or transparent layer exports for use inside a standard video edit.
Whiteboard Animation Maker converts a single finished image into a hand-drawn style video clip. The tool does not generate artwork from a text prompt; it animates the picture you supply. Upload a PNG, JPEG or WebP file (up to 10 MB) and the service breaks it into a sketch pass and a colour pass, so each line is drawn first and the fill follows. Illustrations, diagrams and flat artwork produce the cleanest results, which is why the gallery leans on explainer subjects such as the water cycle, a simple circuit or a lighthouse scene. Six hand styles are offered, or none at all if you want the strokes to appear unaided, and you set how long the drawing runs plus when colour enters. Output arrives as MP4 or WebM in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, ready for a standard edit. The more interesting option for anyone cutting real footage is a transparent or layered export, which lets you drop the drawing over your own video inside Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci or CapCut. A render takes roughly fifteen seconds to begin, then runs for whatever duration you chose. There is also an API route: hand a coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor a folder of pictures and a prompt, and it will draw each one and save the clips. The tool suits educators, trainers, product marketers and social teams who already have artwork and want motion without opening an animation suite. It is narrower than a full animation editor and narrower than a text-to-video generator, since it will not invent imagery. Expect about 35 worked examples on the site showing typical subjects and framing. The free tier is functional for testing: five credits on signup, one credit per drawing, watermark and 720p cap included. Premium tiers mainly buy resolution, keeps, queue depth and, on Pro, transparent export plus the commercial licence.
How do you use Whiteboard Animation Maker?
1Start a new drawing
Open the studio and begin a fresh project, or pick one of the ready-made examples to see the finished effect before uploading your own file.
2Prepare and upload your picture
Choose a PNG, JPEG or WebP under 10 MB. Illustrations, diagrams and flat artwork animate best; the preparation guide explains what to avoid.
3Set the hand, length and colour timing
Pick one of six hand styles or none, decide how long the drawing should take, and choose when the colour fill comes in.4Preview the render
Drawing begins after roughly fifteen seconds. Watch the clip through to check stroke order and pacing before committing to a paid export.5Export for your edit
Save as MP4 or WebM in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, or take the transparent layered version on Pro and composite it over your footage.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Animates your own artwork, so the finished clip matches an existing brand or teaching deckAI
- Sketch first, colour second pass gives a more convincing hand-drawn look than a simple revealAI
- Transparent and layered exports slot over live footage in Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci or CapCutAI
- About fifteen seconds before drawing starts, and duration is chosen rather than fixedAI
- Prompt-based API lets coding agents batch a whole folder of images into clipsAI
Cons
- No text-to-image: without a suitable picture of your own there is nothing to animateAI
- Free exports are watermarked and capped at 720p, so any real use needs a paid tierAI
- Commercial rights sit behind the Pro plan, which also gates transparent export and API accessAI
- Only images up to 10 MB are accepted, and clean results depend on flat, illustration-style source artAI
- No native editing timeline; timing and hand are set before export, so fixes mean a re-renderAI
How much does Whiteboard Animation Maker cost?
Pricing
Free tier with 5 starting credits, watermark and 720p cap. Starter is $12 per month billed yearly ($15 monthly) for 50 credits, 1080p and no watermark. Pro is $29 per month billed yearly ($39 monthly) for 200 credits, transparent and layered export, API access and a commercial licence. One-off 20 credit packs cost $10 and last 90 days.
Learn moreIntegrations
The API works with coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, which can draw every picture in a folder and save the resulting clips. Exported layers target Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci and CapCut.
Learn moreFeatures
Upload one finished image and the tool redraws it in two passes: line sketch first, colour second. Six hand options or a hand-free version, adjustable draw length and colour timing. Exports as MP4 or WebM in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, plus transparent and layered output on Pro for compositing over your own footage. Batch work through the API is supported.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions about Whiteboard Animation Maker
How much does Whiteboard Animation Maker cost?
Free tier with 5 starting credits, watermark and 720p cap. Starter is $12 per month billed yearly ($15 monthly) for 50 credits, 1080p and no watermark. Pro is $29 per month billed yearly ($39 monthly) for 200 credits, transparent and layered export, API access and a commercial licence. One-off 20 credit packs cost $10 and last 90 days.Does Whiteboard Animation Maker offer a free trial?
New accounts get 5 free credits, one per drawing, with watermark and 720p limit. Any credit pack purchase removes both permanently.Does Whiteboard Animation Maker have an API?
Yes, Whiteboard Animation Maker offers an API.How do you use Whiteboard Animation Maker?
The walkthrough on this page covers 5 steps: 1. Start a new drawing 2. Prepare and upload your picture 3. Set the hand, length and colour timing 4. Preview the render 5. Export for your edit.What platforms does Whiteboard Animation Maker support?
Whiteboard Animation Maker is available on Web App.What does Whiteboard Animation Maker integrate with?
The API works with coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, which can draw every picture in a folder and save the resulting clips. Exported layers target Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci and CapCut.
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Added10/22/2026
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